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brown
on March 21, 2016
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Not the OP, but I would have used the word "caginess" or "excess self preservation".
You don't want to hire a shark who's going to work against you.
grandalf
on March 21, 2016
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Exactly. I realize now that the term "poker face" came across as too literal, and what I was really trying to describe was exactly the sense of caginess or unwillingness to put one's self out there.
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You don't want to hire a shark who's going to work against you.